Hyperglycemia, prognosis marker of adverse events in heart attack

Authors

  • Yudit García Cairo
  • Claudio M. González Rodríguez
  • Félix R. Jorrín Román
  • Francisco J. Valladares Carvajal
  • Juan J. Navarro López
  • Suleidy Castillo Fernández

Keywords:

Infarto de miocardio, glicemia, pronóstico.

Abstract

Introduction:Hyperglycemia on admission in patient with acute coronary syndrome is common, considered bad marker of clinical evolution and death.Objective:To value the use of admission glycemia like prognosis factor of adverse events in patient with heart attack.Method:Descriptive study and longitudinal prospective. 246 patients were included with heart attack admitted in Cienfuegoshospital and their evolution was continued during 30 days. It was determined as point of a very best cut for the mortality at admission glycemia ≥ 7,1mmol/l by means of the curve ROC and one carries out analysis logistics regression toidentify independent predictors of death.Results:The patients with glycemia ≥ 7,1mmol/l prevailed the diabetes, tachycardia,killip≥II, inferior localization, small ejectionfraction and bigger incidence of adverse events (60% versus 2%, p=0,000) as heart failure(30% versus 15%; p =0,001), malign ventricular arrhythmias (23% versus 4%; p = 0,000) and death(15% versus 3%; p = 0,001), with smaller survival regarding the patients with glycemia <7,1mmol/l(85,5% in contrast with 96,6%). Age and ejection fraction wereindependent predictors of death in the multivariate analysis.Conclusions:In patient with myocardial infarction thehyperglycemia to the entrance, with a cut point ≥7,1mmol/l, predicts a short term increment of adverse events, although it was not independent predictor of death

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Author Biographies

Yudit García Cairo

Especialista 1er grado cardiología y MGI, trabajo  en la sala de cardiología del hospital Gustavo Aldereguía Lima

Claudio M. González Rodríguez

Especialista 2do grado en Cardiología. Profesor Auxiliar. Jefe de la cátedra de cardiolgía del Hospital clínico quirúrgico “Gustavo Aldereguía Lima”. Presidente del capitulo de Cienfuegos de la sociedad cubana de cardiología

Félix R. Jorrín Román

Especialista 2do grado en Cardiología. Especialista 1er grado en Medicina General Integral.  Profesor Instructor. Secretario general del sindicato del Hospital clínico quirúrgico “Gustavo Aldereguía Lima”.

Francisco J. Valladares Carvajal

Especialista 2do grado en Cardiología. Máster en Urgencias Médicas. Profesor Asistente. Jefe de servicio de cardiología del Hospital clínico quirúrgico “Gustavo Aldereguía Lima”.

Juan J. Navarro López

Especialista 2do grado en Cardiología. Máster en Urgencias Médicas. Profesor Auxiliar. Hospital clínico quirúrgico “Gustavo Aldereguía Lima”.

Suleidy Castillo Fernández

Especialista de 1er grado en MGI.Residente de 3er año de Cardiología Hospital clínico quirúrgico “Gustavo Aldereguía Lima”.

Published

2014-02-04

How to Cite

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García Cairo Y, González Rodríguez CM, Jorrín Román FR, Valladares Carvajal FJ, Navarro López JJ, Castillo Fernández S. Hyperglycemia, prognosis marker of adverse events in heart attack. Rev. cuba. cardiol. cir. cardiovasc. [Internet]. 2014 Feb. 4 [cited 2025 Mar. 9];19(2):72-8. Available from: https://revcardiologia.sld.cu/index.php/revcardiologia/article/view/342

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Section

Ischemic Heart Disease